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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StoptheInsanity" data-source="post: 17936" data-attributes="member: 1014"><p>Well, I'm so confused about this subject...Three days ago, I purchased a huge 4 year old Red knee female...She came with tank all set up for breeding crickets under the 2" substrate...It has an air pipe, and a water bowl, and a cave...And, supposedly, this tank has been this way since she was a little tyke T...My hubby picked her up, so I'm not up on all the details as to what substrate and stuff are in there...I'm interested myself...I emailed the guy, but he hasn't got back to me as yet...Does anyone know of this system where the crickets just keep breeding, and the T keeps on eating?...Apparently, they know when to eat and not eat when it comes to their molting...I Just don't know...If we are only  supposed to leave the crickets in for 24 hours, why did she survive all this time?...No one took food away before or after she molted?...And what about over-feeding?...She still looks big and healthy except for the thumbnail size bald spot on her abdomen...Her body seems huge to me, t hough,but she's my oldest and largest T...</p></blockquote><p></p>